I just took a real bad beat. (real life content)

[skipperbob]

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or hear out of my right ear. Also, I have no eardrum or inner ear.

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I had an affliction with the same outcome....Drives my wife crazy because when my left ear is out of range (driving/sleeping/etc.) I can't hear her [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Apathy]

Good thing you caught this early, be sure to keep us updated as I'm sure I'm not the only one concerned for you.

[Irieguy]

The bright side:

1. I have literally dozens of patients with this problem, and they've all sailed through surgery. (I would give you the specific risks of surgery, but as Aleo has said, doctors aren't really capable of understanding stats and stuff.)

2. If you need surgery, you will forever be able to tell people that you had a "transphenoidal pituitary adenectomy," which sounds super cool.

3. You'll be able to use my favorite medical joke, which is... whenever anyone taking care of you has any trouble with anything, from your paperwork to your IV start, you can say

"come-on, people, this isn't brain surgery"

Irieguy

[skipperbob]

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"come-on, people, this isn't brain surgery"

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Man; that's so not happening....It's "come-on, people, this isn't NLHE"

[yid3655]

Very best of luck to you, keep your head up buddy

[octaveshift]

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I had a tumor eating its way through my ear towars my brain.

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Acoustic neuroma?

[yabastid]

All of a sudden poker doesn't seem so important. I hope all things go well. You seem like a great guy and I hope good news and great health are right around the corner for you.

Best,

yabastid

[octaveshift]

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I was looking into it though, and it doesn't seem to major, but it's still fuggin scary :-(

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You'll be fine, don't worry. Just esearch the hell out of it, and make sure your docs are actually paying attention to you.

Medicine rocks.

[mmbt0ne]

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I had a tumor eating its way through my ear towars my brain.

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Acoustic neuroma?

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Cholesteatoma, so I guess it's more of a cyst. But I wanted to feel a sort of bond with OP.

[J Chap]

Amidst all the intellectual and mathematical one-uppmanship, this really is a cool and friendly community. Hooray!

Thanks everybody, for restoring some faith in humankind. 2+2 Rocks!

GL, ISL

J Chaaaap